The Case of the Stolen Baseball Cards

Jigsaw Jones Mystery #5

by James Preller, John Speirs (Illustrator)

When Eddie's baseball cards suddenly disappear, Jigsaw and Mila take on the case and begin their search to find both Eddie's missing property and those responsible for taking them. Original.

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Chapter Books, Drama, Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Fiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

James Preller (born 1961) is the children's book author of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries, which are published by Scholastic Corporation. He grew up in Wantagh, New York and went to college in Oneonta, New York. After graduating from college in 1983, James Preller was employed as a waiter for one year before being hired as a copywriter by Scholastic Corporation, where he was introduced (through their books) to many noatable children's authors. This inspired James Preller to try writing his own books. James Preller published his first book, entitled MAXX TRAX: Avalanche Rescue, in 1986. Since that time, James Preller has written a variety of books, and has written under a number of pen names, including Mitzy Kafka, James Patrick, and Izzy Bonkers. James Preller lives in Delmar, New York with his wife Lisa and their three children.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/jamesp...

Reviews

[Dinosaurs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy-MoLY!! Jigsaw Janes got a problem to solve. His friend Eddie lost a pack of baseball cards. There was a message on the floor. It read " The Phantom Strikes!" Mila and Jigsaw knew that it was a clue. Jigsaw kept the paper and noticed it was a homework paper from Kim. Jigsaw and Mila went to Kim in the park and asked her. She said she lost her homework paper. That means somebody stole her paper and made it look like as if she was the thief. The whole class was asked to check but of course it wouldn't come out that easily. Jigsaw and Mila are now off to find more clues and are working hard. But it is only the tip of the iceberg. The next day Mila found a very important clue. If you went to know who's the thief and what the clue is, then read the book to find out!.

[Terrance McPherson · Rating 3 out of 5]

When Eddie's baseball cards suddenly disappear, Jigsaw and Mila take on the case and begin their search to find both Eddie's missing property and those responsible for taking them. The book has less illustrations but allows you to insert yourself within the book while reading it.

[Javier Gálvez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me lo he leido asi rapido porque me daba pena con lo corto que era y el libro esta de puta madre pa un chavalin. Enseña cosas de la amistad guapas pero si te fijas bien en el libro se aprecia que Mila quiere con Puzle

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked it because the person who stole the cards was a surprise! I didn't figure it out until Jigsaw said it.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute book

[Paige Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

1) This was a really fun chapter book to read, because it left you hanging on what was going to happen next, and would lead you down trails where you thought you knew who stole the baseball cards, but then would find out it was someone else! So basically, Jigsaw and Mila are crime solvers, and will solve any kind of crime out there, even have their own business cards and everything. Well Eddie brings his baseball cards to school one day and everyone is admiring them, and before he knows it he realizes they are gone. Everyone looks all around the room to find them, but has no luck. That is when Jigsaw tells him he will try and solve the case, and Eddie agrees, thinking he will not be successful. Therefore, Jigsaw tries to find clues and interviews suspects in the classroom, and before he knows it with the help of Mila, he has solved the case. I don't want to spoil the end of the book, but it is worth the read, and would be a great book to use in the classroom, especially since the setting is in a classroom!
2) Age Level: 7-10 years, Grade Level: 2nd-5th grade
3) Appropriate use of this book in the classroom could be used during Reading to teach plot & summary, or a good use of figuring out context clues, and "what's going to happen next?".
4) Individual students who might benefit from this book would be students who like series that they can read, or students who like mystery books and trying to solve cases.
5) Small group use of this book could be to put the students into small groups and based on interest, give them a Jigsaw Jones book to read as a group that interests them. Have them draw a story structure map after reading with the plot and summary included, as well as tell the class how they solved the mystery.
6) Whole class use of this book could be to read the book as a whole class over the course of a week, and predict each day what is going to happen next as a class, and then find out more information each day after reading another chapter.
7) Related Books: All of the Jigsaw Jones Mystery series
8) Multimedia connections: There is a binding of all of the Jigsaw Jones' books together, however there are some trailers and videos people have made about the books on YouTube that would be good to use in the classroom.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is book #5 of the Jigsaw Jones books, (although you don't have to read them in order to understand what happened before.) This (in my opinion) is one of the better ones I've read. I read them to my special needs teen age son and he usually enjoys them. Although this book had more pictures almost one per page which made it more interesting for him as a listener. That was SOOO nice... he was able to follow the story better than the others.

In this one the 'case' isn't necessarily 'hired' by a friend of Jigsaw, But he goes to his friend to offer is services to help him find his missing baseball cards. This mystery is a little different than the other books; and you want to continue to read to find out how the mystery pans out. In the end it isn't who you think it is through the story. A very nice twist for the turn of events. Also while the little boy "Jigsaw" is gathering clues for this mystery; he gets to know his grandmother better than he ever thought and learns to not judge someone from the outside. A good lesson for children to learn.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the fifth book in the Jigsaw Jones series of mysteries by James Preller. Our youngest really likes them; she says they remind her of the Nate the Great stories, which she also loves.

This story was fairly simple and straightforward, but we liked the plot. Our girls don't really care much about baseball cards, but they still enjoyed the tale. It was a short, fun story to read aloud and we enjoyed reading it together.

[Roy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, the first chapter is a little slow, but I think that is true for many mystery books. Yes, the book dates itself as pre digital age, but that shouldn't be something to get hung up on. This book is wonderful for teaching children to think critically, apply the scientific method some to their lives. I read this to be able to help one of my sons with their book report and I enjoyed it myself. I sincerely hope my kids will read more of this series! I certainly wouldn't mind reading it with them. ;-)

[Marycruz Ramirez]

This book was about a boy named Eddie,the boy had a collection of baseball cards he had brought his baseball cards to school.Then when class was over he went to go get his cards and they were gone,He had asked everyone in his class if they had seen them and they said no.Later that day mia and him went up on the tree house because they had found a paper that came from mila.at the end bigs had gave baseball cards to eddie since he lost his.bigs gave eddie a card that was common he didnt have it in his collection so he said that was more worth to me then money.

[Beth Kakuma-Depew · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son and I both agreed the first chapter was boring. Why start of book with the main character eating breakfast? Once he got in the classroom, the story picked up. But this is dated in subtle ways. My 3rd grade son didn't know why student would clean a blackboard and stamp the erasers. Also, do any dad's read the newspaper at breakfast? ARen't they all on their laptops or Iphones?

[Jill Hutchison · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is for those young kids who enjoys a good mystery. As you read you are trying to solve the mystery along with the characters. It also provides the reader to learn a lesson that they can use in real life. While solving this mystery, Jigsaw Jones learned that we cannot judge a person by their outside. I enjoyed reading this book and will most likely read a few to my kids.

[Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I thinkkkkkkkkkkkk that this book is all about characters and they have different problems, and different problems means different clues. So I would think that in this book they have certain clues to figure out what happened to the baseball cards.

[Katt Hansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A set of baseball cards goes missing at school and it's up to Jigsaw Jones to figure it out or his reputation will be ruined forever. A gripping mystery with an ending you won't see coming. Very fun book!

[Kaylan Nurse · Rating 3 out of 5]

When students enjoy mysteries, this is an enjoyable read. Once the baseball cards go missing, there are different pieces of a jigsaw in order to find where they are. I would recommend those little investigators to read this one.

[kristabista · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite they could of written the whole book in the first chapeter!

[Hawkeye · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book is about a kid who tries to solve mysteries. a kid steales baseball cards. it's up to him to find out who it is.

[Chak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tricky. A lot of twists and turns here.

[Conner · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was pretty good but i think that with a few tweaks it would be even better.

[Ilib4kids · Rating 4 out of 5]

(School) FIC PRE

[Deborah Harris]

AR Quiz No. 5908 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, VP

[Leiera Monae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children's Reading Adventures Book Club, Summer 2014

*D.E.A.R. Time -- Read with 8 & 9 year olds*

06.27.2014

[Reina Sugioka]

its good

[Marissa]

this book was interdting because they were on a hunt for basball cards and they end up finding them

[Kay Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute charaters. Easy to read. No rude humor